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Hornibrook Highway ca. 1970Carmody's Royal Hotel in 1978Redcliffe BeachRedcliffe JettySeries of proofs - Buildings in the Pine Rivers ShireThe Morrison family home in the Samford Valley, 1907Caboolture River Bridge on Morayfield Road, ca. 1920sOpposite the Redcliffe Jetty ca. 1925Bullock team hauling empty molasses tankers from the Normanby Distillery to the Strathpine Railway Station, ca. 1948

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The Moreton Bay Local History Collection captures the history of the City of Moreton Bay, showing how our communities and suburbs have grown and changed over time, from the influences of large manufacturers, to the growth of our suburban centres and communities that are along the coastline and D'Aguilar Range.

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Aerial photograph of possibly the Eatons Hill areaMural - Telstra building - former Caboolture Post Office 38 King Street CabooltureLakeside International Raceway, Lakeside Road Kurwongbah, 2006Martin ZanowThe barge called The PirraWhale carcass on wharfBrighton Portal Hornibrook bridgeWarana QueenAerial photograph looking east from over Lawnton Pocket Road towards the junction of the North Pine River and South Pine RiverSammy BellSuttons Beach KioskCharles McGahey's cream carrier - ca. 1923Aerial photograph looking southwest over the Samford Valley, 1972Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race 2004 - 2Bridge approachesMrs R. BrazierRedcliffe Pensioners HallAnn ShearerShips in harbourBuderim Automobile ClubMoreton Bay HotelK. Stark Draper & MercerFebruary 2022 Floods - RedcliffeWilliam Henry Bond (Junior) and Jeanie Crighton Gordon Bond (nee Hay)Treating wounded - Vietnam WarPine Rivers Park, Gympie Road Strathpine (as part of the Pine Rivers Festival, 6 June - 14 June)Caboolture Show in 1949Forestry - Radio in Fire ProtectionScarboroughOn the verandahMaryvale - M.G. SetBuckby House located at 115 Esplanade Toorbul - 1929SkatingMavis Keillor's Birthday PartyRates Incentive Awards presentation held at Westfield Strathpine, 1993Drainage / sewerage works, ca. 1970sBancroft Baths - 2004 archaeological study - site 2Australia Day celebrations at the North Pine Country Park, 1 February 1982View of the Normanby Distillery taken from over the railway line looking towards the South Pine River, early 1900sClarke DunstanVarious sites around the Pine Rivers Shire photographed during a Council tour at facilities in 1991Spear MakingDog in front of the England family's farmhouse, South Pine Road BrendaleThe first truck to drive across Bribie Island, ca. 1920Private Luke Coe (1888-1917) in World War 1 (WWI) uniform, 1916Samsonvale Cemetery, 1988Mr John Sutherland Mackay (Macka)Clontarf Beach State School Grade IVC, 1964Boats at the jettyWoody Point

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to the Kabi Kabi, Jinibara and Turrbal Traditional Custodians, and their elders past, present and emerging.